Shorty on Baja Sport 250?
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That is great to hear! What kind of power did you have to run that fast? That is moving on for one of these barges! Any chine walking?
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What kind of horsepower are you running on each side? I just bought a 280 and rigging dyno tuned 470 hp bbc. Also what props would you recommend? Is that on GPS?
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the boat used to porpoise badly with the stock power. the new power drives thru any porpoise and the shortys help even more. The boat does chine walk a little but with the shortys I only use a little trim just to square drives with bottom of hull and the boats handles pretty well. I am running about 550 horsepower per side with 26 pitch bravo ones at 5600 rpm. I am looking for 28 pitch bravo ones for this summer.
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Not to get to far off topic, but what about a 265 DVX? only 20 degree vs the 23-34 degree on the ES's
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the boat used to porpoise badly with the stock power. the new power drives thru any porpoise and the shortys help even more. The boat does chine walk a little but with the shortys I only use a little trim just to square drives with bottom of hull and the boats handles pretty well. I am running about 550 horsepower per side with 26 pitch bravo ones at 5600 rpm. I am looking for 28 pitch bravo ones for this summer.
I got 23 p mirage 3 blades with the boat. They were ran with stock 330 hp mags. Maybe I need 26 pitch props!
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Thanks for the advice. It's a whole other project playing with props. My last boat had about 6 different blades on her. I didn't have enough time to dial in. Sold it when I was right there! Go figure. Maybe prostock has what I need! Thanks for the offer on props.